barangay

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English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.

Pronunciation

Noun

barangay (plural barangays)

  1. (Philippines) The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
  2. (Philippines) Alternative form of balangay (“type of boat”)

Synonyms

Related terms

Bikol Central

Etymology

From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ran‧gay
  • IPA(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/,

Noun

barangay

  1. The smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality.
    Synonyms: balangay, baryo

Cebuano

Etymology

From older balangay, from balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ba‧ran‧gay
  • IPA(key): /baɾaŋˈɡaj/,

Noun

barangay

  1. the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality
    Synonyms: balangay, baryo

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From older balangay; a type of wooden watercraft used by a group of Austronesian people when they migrated to the Philippines.

Pronunciation

Noun

barangay

  1. the smallest local government unit in the Philippines, a subdivision of a city or municipality

Maranao

Noun

barangay

  1. boat

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog barangay.

Noun

barangay m (plural barangayes)

  1. (Philippines) barangay

Further reading

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From balangay (“a type of wooden watercraft Austronesian people used when they migrated to the Philippines”), most likely reborrowed from Spanish barangay where the /ŋ/ sound developed into a /ŋɡ/ sound. Doublet of balangay.

Pronunciation

Noun

barangáy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜅ᜔ᜄᜌ᜔)

  1. barangay (the smallest administrative division in the Philippines, a subdivision of cities and municipalities)
  2. (historical) local polity or settlement during the Philippine precolonial period

See also

Further reading

  • “barangay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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